Excellent A tiny story with a moral. First Day by Heather Knight 50 Word Flash writing prompt entry

Sally's scared. She's starting school today. 'Will the other kids make fun of me because I'm adopted?' 'Nah, you'll make friends in no time,' her brother says. 'It's easy for you, but I'm different...' 'So?' 'How am I going to survive? I'm the only slug in a school for snails.'   Writing Prompt Can you write a complete story with only 50 words? That's the challenge of this writing contest. Author Notes In Racism Explained to my Daughter (English title) by Tahar Ben Jelloun, one can find a lot of interesting ideas about a problem which is still very much alive in the 21st century. It's short and easy to read. I highly recommend it and don't always agree with the ideas in the video below, but of course that's a question of opinion. In this book, the author says that one of the reasons we are racist is that we are afraid of what we don't know. 50 words aren't enough, but this kind of flash is a great editing exercise.

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